package de.uni_saarland.coli.doclists.index;

/**
 * 
 * @author stefan
 * 
 *         Basic IO operations for data structures
 */
public interface IDiscIO {
	/**
	 * Saves the datastructure's data files. Output files: path + "/" + baseName
	 * + ".extension"
	 * 
	 * @param path
	 *            the path name
	 * @param baseName
	 *            a base file name
	 */
	public void save(String path, String baseName);

	/**
	 * Opens the datastructure's data files.
	 * 
	 * @param path
	 *            the path name
	 * @param baseName
	 *            a base file name
	 */
	public void open(String path, String baseName);
}
